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All electric cars will need to emit a sound at up to 19 mph to protect pedestrians starting in 2019 — Electrek

U.S. regulators took an outrageous amount of time to decide on this fairly simple issue, but now it’s finally here. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that electric and hybrid cars will need to emit a sound at up to 19 mph to protect pedestrians. The sound emitting device…